Collating board



Aug. 29, 1950 R T L 2,520,854

COLLATING BOARD Filed Sept. 16, 1946 JOURNAL IN VEN TOR.

KELI IWTFUUI Patented Aug. 29 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I2,520,854 COLLATING BOARD This invention relates to bookkeeping.

' The invention herein disclosed includes means for mounting and holdinga selected group of record sheets in a predetermined assembly forsimultaneously receiving entries thereon.

An object of this invention is to provide a working surface upon which amajor multiple entry receivin record sheet may be placed and lockedagainst shifting thereon and upon which =1 major sheet, a, single ormultiple entry receiving set of minor sheets may be placed and locked inpredetermined relation therewith to be so held while desired entries aremade.

, An additional object of this invention is to pro- ;vide means toproperly guide the major sheets into position and assist in thecollating of the .minor sheets therewith.

Still an additional object of the invention is to provide locking meansfor the collated sheets which also provide means for shielding thesheets against undue soiling by the carbon sheets used through manualcontact with the collating sheets while making entries.

Other objects and advantages of this invention relating to thearrangement, operation and functions of the related elements of thestructure, to various details of the construction, the combinations ofparts and economies of manufacture, will be apparent to those skilled inthe art upon consideration of the following description and appendedclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this specification wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a collatin board of the invention herein,having a representative selection of major and minor record sheetslocked in a. predetermined position thereon to receive one or moreentries;

Fig. 2 is a view on the line II-II, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view on the line IIIIII, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view on the line IV-IV, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a view on the line V--V, Fig. 3.

The base or work supporting plane In is a surface of a sheet metal body,or the like, having suitable dimensions for accommodating the work to beperformed and has two of its edges or sides folded over toward eachother to provide extensions forming a pair of opposing guides or Ralph'1. Pool, Toledo, Ohio Application September 16, 1946, Serial No.697,239

3 Claims. (01. 282--29) slide-ways l2, I4. A connecting edge l6,hereinaiter referred to as the upper edge, has a portion of its lengthturned upwardly from the base l0 to provide a third guide or stop [8 andan extension or continuing portion 20 configured to form an open bottomslide-way 22, one end thereof terminating adjacent the way l2. Theopposite end of said way is provided with a stop 24 thereacross formedfrom a tab of the body material turned downwardly from the portion 20.

A slide 26 is provided with a shoulder 28 along one side thereof anddisposed in the inverted channel or way 22. This slide is therebyconfined and directed in its movement by the way 22, between the guide12 and the stop 24. This slide is also provided with an oifset or grip30 atjthe end remote from the guide I 2, and a, tapered nose 32 at theother end to cooperate with the guide I2 50 that the resulting wedgeaction between said nose and way imparts a clamp as between the slideand base. The shoulder 28 is loosely disposed within its guiding way notonly to permit easy reciprocation of the slide along the base but allowthe slide to be rocked away from the'work supporting base (Fig. 2) forfree insertion and removal of material into and from this primaryclamping device as more particularly described hereinafter.

This easy and quickly operated primary clamp is preferably movable in aguide along the upper edge of the base but it is obvious the slide couldbe mounted in a side guide and wedge into the upper guide or such couldbe disposed in a guide along any one of the base edges and cooperatewith a guide along an intersecting edge.

A secondary clamping device is provided, and comprises a plate ofsuitable material and dimensions, the plate 34 having a tapered edge 36cooperating with the way I4, This plate not only serves as a clampmember with the base for material therebetween when the tapered edge isforced into the guide l4, but also as a hand rest and shield againstsoiling of work as entries are made upon the record sheets mounted onthis collating board. Such plate is readily shiftable into and out ofclamping position at any location along the guide.

The base and the plate may each be provided with an opening 38therethrough for hanging this device in storage.

This inexpensive yet efiicient construction may accommodate a wide rangeof record sheets and the following description is of but one of alimitless combination.

In a system wherein it is desired to keep a journal of multiple accountspaid and a ledger for each individual account, as well as render anindividual pay statement, the journal sheet 40 may be placed upon thebase In and guided into position thereon by the guides l2, l4 andagainst the stop 18. The dimensions of the journal or major sheetapproximate those of the collating board. With the slide 26 out ofclamping position, the body of the journal sheet is sufficiently rigidto lift the slide and move into :place. The slide is then shifted bymeans of the grip 30 to force the nose or tapered edge 32 into the 4invention. The language used in the specification relating to theoperation and function of the invention is employed for purposes ofdescription and not of limitation and it is not intended to limit thescope of the following claims beyond the requirements of the prior art.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by United States LettersPatent: v

1. Means for clamping a record sheet on a coldating'bo'ard said boardhaving a "working face boundedby a pair of intersecting edges,extensions from said working face folded thereover to guide 12 and wedgesuch slide toward the base placed in predetermined relationship withIan-;edge' of each in the guide M. The plate or secondary clamping means34 is then shifted across these minor .recordcsheets to bring itstapered edge .36 into the guide M and the entire .assembly'lis thenfirmly held in position to receive entries.

Carbonpaper may .be ,placed between .the sheets or the minor sheetsprovided with duplicating coatings on their reverse sides so an entry"made on the pay statement will automatically be dupli- ..ica.ted on'theledger and journal in the desired locations due to the predeterminedassembly of the sheets relatively to each other.

The individual pay statement may have a stub ;.ex1ransion.486which mayaid in assembly of the ledger and statement as well as facilitatepositioning on the journal.

It ,is to be understood that the above detailed description of thepresent invention is intended "todisclose an embodiment thereof to thoseskilled in the art but the invention not to be construed andarrangementof parts illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, since the invention iscain its application to the details of construction form channeled guidemeans along said edges, a

slide having an extension in one of said guide means'whereby theshifting of said slide is directed thereby, and a tapered nose on saidslide to engage the other guide means for wedging said slide toward theworking face.

.2. The construction set forth in claim 1 wherein the extension is ashoulder turned outwardly along one edge of the-slide. 3. Theconstruction set forth inclai-m l where- .in the extension is a shoulderturned outwardly along one edge of the slide, and a grip for slideprovided by an additional ,portion of said slide turned outwardlytherefrom. RALPH l'I'-. ".PQQL.

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